This major category includes occupations concerned with providing housekeeping, cleaning, and maintenance services in buildings, institutions, and laboratories; preparing and serving food and beverages in institutional or other facilities; providing grooming, cosmetic, and other personal and health care services; maintaining and cleaning clothing and linens; and providing protection for people and property. Excludes occupations concerned with repair functions.

OCCUPATIONS IN BUILDING, INSTITUTION, AND FACILITY SERVICES

This category includes occupations concerned with cleanliness, orderliness, and maintenance of buildings, institutions, and laboratories. Also includes occupations concerned with laundry and sewing services.

This category includes occupations concerned with preparing and serving food and beverages to residents, clients, inmates, students, patients, and staff at institutions with dining facilities. Occupations concerned with implementing mobile meals programs are in this category. Also included are occupations concerned with the management of food supply, food preparation, food service, and food delivery. Excluded are occupations which direct the planning of nutrition and diet in support of good health

This category includes occupations concerned with attending to the directed treatment, physical comfort, safety, and appearance of individuals placed in governmental facilities for treatment, rehabilitation, education, or safety. Excludes occupations concerned with criminal incarceration.

This category includes occupations concerned with protecting the public against crime, fire, and accidents; guarding persons, property, and public lands from illegal entry, fire, and theft; ensuring security and safety of agencies, institutions, or buildings, and the custody and discipline of prisoners, and those technical support occupations that review, store, and analyze evidence or information to be used in criminal prosecution.